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Maggie Leman
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Post Number: 1759
Registered: 07-2005
Posted From: 71.111.242.73


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Posted on Monday, January 29, 2007 - 07:55 pm:   

Most of the other selenium maps (which are quite dated) have measurements of the amount of selenium found in the forage and grain plants in those areas. The one that Don found, has the actual soil levels. Indiana is shown as being low except in the extreme south where it is variable in the map where the plants were tested. If forage and grains in the area if 80% have less than 0.1 ppm the area is considered deficient, if 50% of the forage and grains have 0.1 ppm the area is considered to be variable, and if 80% of the forage and grains grown in an are have 0.1 ppm the area is considered to be adequate. The cool county by county maps show my county as having 0.2 ppm but blood tests over the last 10 years have always indicated my goats were deficient. So it looks like it takes a good bit of selenium in the soil to make the plants in that area provide enough selenium for our goats.

Here is the map most of us refer to:

http://www.saanendoah.com/map1.html
Maggie Leman
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Theresa Chandler
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Post Number: 121
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Posted on Monday, January 29, 2007 - 05:21 pm:   

Wow, this information on the selenium for my county is great. Only thing is, I don't know what the minimum and maximum should be to be normal. The minimum is .161 and the maximum is .504 for my county. Does anyone know where these stand as far as whether it is deficient or not?
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Maggie Leman
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Posted on Monday, January 29, 2007 - 03:52 pm:   

Wow Don that's a great map!
Maggie Leman
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Don S.
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Posted on Monday, January 29, 2007 - 09:08 am:   

Here is a link to USGS Selenium map. You can zero in on your county by placing the cursor over it and clicking.
http://tin.er.usgs.gov/geochem/doc/averages/se/usa.html

You will see the different shades of blue in surrounding counties which says there is much variance in your area.

As Maggie pointed out, this data may be out-of-date, but it sort of gives you an idea how the selenium factor varies across the country.

BoSe is an RX item but you should be able to find a cooperating vet that will sell you a bottle or give a prescription for a bottle.
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Maggie Leman
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Posted on Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 12:52 pm:   

Sounds like selenium deficiency. This can cause contracture of the joints muscles and tendons in teh legs. If you have it give 1/2 to 1 cc of BoSe by SQ injection. I also splint the legs as straight as I can for a week or two until they strengthen and straighten. Perryville, MO is very close to an area of the country with inadequate selenium... Selenium can be easily depleted from fields and pastures over time and is not very often put back. Most of this country's farmland has been tilled for several generations. The "current" selenium map is 40 years old...
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Tina M Aden
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Posted on Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 06:58 am:   

I have a friend who just helped the mam deliver a single kid. It cannot stand and the front two legs were bent in at the joints. The baby cannot walk but tries to stand on the back two legs. It looks like the joints are stiff or maybe deformed not sure but she does not want to bend them out in fear of breaking them. The kid is now 9 hours old and showing a little improvement bas far as being active can only get up on it's knees. She said it was presented like that in the birth canal and was hard to deliver. Is there anyone with this experience? The kid has been getting the colostrum by sucking when held to mama and by bottle. It eats fine. But without it ever standing I do not see how it can survive without human care all the time. She was told it can come out of it in a few days, that the muscles are stiff but I see that the bones seemed locked . Please help
Tina M Aden
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website: http://www.goats.tinaadenseskies101.com/
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Perryville Missouri

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